1 This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
3 1.4.10 or 1.5 ??
4 Fix check_http buffer overflow vulnerability when following HTTP redirects
5 check_http now explicitly asks HTTP/1.1 servers to close the connection
6 after completion of the response
7 Check_ldaps' guessing which secure method to use (starttls vs. ssl on connect)
8 is now deprecated. See --help for further information.
9 Check_disk now calls stat() on all filesystems to check. (Old: only the ones selected using -p)
10 A meaningful error message (eg "Stale NFS Handle") is printed if stat fails.
11 Check_disk's --help now prints some examples for the new features introduced in 1.4.8
12 New check_dhcp -u/--unicast option for emulating a DHCP relay in order
13 to check DHCP servers on remote networks
15 1.4.9 4th June 2006
16 Inclusion of contrib/check_cluster2 as check_cluster with some improvements
17 New/improved -E/--skip-stderr and -S/--skip-stdout options for check_by_ssh
18 check_snmp now supports Counter64
19 Fix compilation of check_ldap, check_radius and check_pgsql
20 check_load can optionally divide by number of cpus
21 Fix check_time returning wrong OK when time is before the epoch on some arch
22 Make check_http output more consistent
23 Fix possible check_http segfaults when following HTTP redirects
24 check_snmp don't warn anymore if something is printed on stderr
25 Fix check_tcp segfault when multiple expect strings are given
26 New option for check_tcp: -A/--all to test if all given expect strings match
28 1.4.8 11th April 2007
29 Respects --without-world-permissions for setuid plugins
30 check_disk extra options for regex matching of filesystems and grouping of filesystems
31 for collective thresholds
32 Better configure test for mysqlclient availability
33 Various check_ntp fixes
35 1.4.7 29th March 2007
36 check_procs uses /usr/ucb/ps if available - fixes pst3 problems on Solaris
37 Fixed MKINSTALLDIRS problem in po/
38 ./configure now detects if possible to compile check_mysql
39 Fixed broken HELO in check_smtp
40 check_icmp now allows to set a minimum number of hosts required for successs (-m)
41 check_icmp fix for *BSD when running for long time
42 check_ping times out 1 second quicker if host is unreachable
43 Root plugins installed with world executable
44 check_sybase from contrib now maintained in NagiosExchange
45 --with-nagios-user/group reinstated ./configure option
46 New --without-world-permissions ./configure option
48 1.4.6 5th February 2007
49 Reduced number of DNS lookups in check_ping and netutils.c for IPv6 configurations
50 Fixed compile problems with *BSD re: alloca.h
51 Fixed Solaris problems with check_swap (tested on Solaris 9)
52 Fixed check_swap for HP/UX where swapinfo command was incorrect
53 Fixed check_disk inode threshold checks, regressed at r1.4.4.
54 Fixed crit/warn for check_disk perf data
55 Fixed buffer overflow in check_procs
56 Fixed error handling for UNIX sockets in netutils.c
57 New -q and -o options for check_by_ssh which are handed over to ssh(1) as is
58 Synced with latest GNUlib
59 Fixed check_jabber always returns warning
61 1.4.5
62 Fixed bug in perl's is_hostname routine
64 1.4.4
65 New C based check_ntp. The perl version is now deprecated.
66 New check_apt plugin
67 Notice: plugins in contrib/ will start to be removed from this distribution.
68 Please check at http://www.nagiosexchange.org for contributed plugins
69 Major bug fixes to check_disk where values were incorrectly calculated and alerted on.
70 check_udp2 removed. check_udp is now linked to check_tcp.c
71 check_mailq now errors if the sub-program run returns non-zero return code. This would appear
72 as if mailqs were okay when the nagios user could not query the mail-queues
73 Compile problems with check_snmp fixed
75 1.4.3
76 Setuid plugins (check_dhcp, check_icmp) separated into plugins-root/. Run make install as root to install
77 SSL plugins work with gnutls as well as OpenSSL
78 check_mysql_query added to run arbitrary SQL commands, with threshold checking
79 libtool now required for development systems
80 Notice: check_udp (compiled from check_udp.c) will be deprecated in the next release.
81 check_udp2 should be used instead and will be renamed to check_udp
83 1.4.2
84 Fix for Redhat ES4 for check_dns and check_dig
86 1.4
87 IPv6 support in check_ping, check_by_ssh, check_http, check_ldap, check_smtp, check_tcp
88 Internationalisation support
89 Performance data added to most plugins
90 check_disk now using GNU coreutils code
91 New plugins - check_dhcp, check_icmp
92 contrib/check_citrix has been replaced by contrib/check_ica* (requires packet_utils.pm in libexec)
93 check_http --min changed to --pagesize, added max so min:max in check
94 check_vsz and check_rss deprecated - functionality moved into check_procs
95 check_swap % thresholds changed to measure amount free, instead of amount used
96 check_disk syntax changes for -p, -m/-M, defaults to MB instead of kB
97 check_procs -C expects no path for the command name